A prospective observational study on critically ill children with diaphragmatic dysfunction: clinical outcomes and risk factors

Abstract Background Diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD) has a great negative impact on clinical outcomes, and it is a well-recognized complication in adult patients with critical illness. However, DD is largely unexplored in the critically ill pediatric population. The aim of this study was to identify r...

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Main Authors: Yang Xue, Chun-Feng Yang, Yu Ao, Ji Qi, Fei-Yong Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-020-02310-7